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• Hansen Natural: Buy and Holzer?

  Jeroen Stienstra submits: Law firm Holzer Holzer & Fistel is investigating possible violations of federal securities laws by Hansen Natural Corporation HANS. From Marketwatch emphasis added: The investigation focuses on whether Hansen issued false and misleading public statements concerning the Company’s financial condition resulting in the Company’s stock trading at artificially...

  Fri Aug 29, 2008 @ 12:58 PM PDT

  Tags: Retail, Hansen Natural Corp.

• Rotten Earnings: Del Monte Foods Posts Q1 Loss

  John C. Lee submits: On Thursday August 28, before the market open, Del Monte Foods Co. DLM reported a Q1 loss of $0.05 per share ($0.04 from continuing operations) or $10.1 million on $726.2 million in revenue vs. earnings of $0.02 or $3.5 million on $626.8 million...

  Fri Aug 29, 2008 @ 2:46 AM PDT

  Tags: Retail, Del Monte Foods Co.

• Stocks with the Highest Short Interest

  Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Below we highlight stocks in the S&P 1500 with the highest short interest as a percentage of float.  Investors like to look at these names to 1) find companies that investors are extremely negative on, and 2) find companies that could see big...

  Fri Aug 29, 2008 @ 1:59 AM PDT

  Tags: US Market, Aeropostale Inc., Big Lots Inc., Buffalo Wild Wings Inc., Corus Bankshares Inc., Forest Oil Corp., General Dynamics Corp., Goodrich Corp., MarineMax Inc., Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc., Kraft Foods Inc., L-3 Communications Holdings Inc., Lockheed Martin Corp., Life-Time Fitness Inc., Blue Nile Inc., NutriSystem Inc., Sears Holdings Corp., SanDisk Corp., Startek Inc., Synaptics Inc., True Religion Apparel Inc., Unum Group, Werner Enterprises Inc., Zale Corp.

• Oil Majors Exiting the Gas Station Business

  Markham Lee submits: Here is an interesting graphic from the WSJ depicting the shrinking margins for gas stations due to the rising cost of oil: by Markham Lee

  Thu Aug 28, 2008 @ 12:44 PM PDT

  Tags: Energy, ConocoPhillips Co., Kroger Co., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Exxon Mobil Corp.

• Will You Look Back on Today as Your Greatest Missed Opportunity?

  Dividends4Life submits: When most people hear the phrase "missed opportunities" they tend to reflect on past events and what could have been. By nature I am forward looking, so "missed opportunities" for me is the present and the future.At some point in the future will we look back on...

  Thu Aug 28, 2008 @ 11:20 AM PDT

  Tags: US Market, AFLAC Inc., BB&T Corp., Consolidated Edison Inc., General Electric Co., Johnson & Johnson, Lowe's Companies Inc., Sysco Corp.

• ADM, Deere and Monsanto to make fuel and feed from crop waste

  Archer Daniels Midland ADM, John Deere and Monsanto are collaborating to research technology for converting crop waste into animal feed, fuel for waste-to-energy plants and cellulosic feedstock for biofuel production. The firms will focus on corn stover – the stalks, leaves and cobs of corn plants that are typically...

  Thu Aug 28, 2008 @ 10:51 AM PDT

  Tags: Archer Daniels Midland Co., Biofuel, Corn, George Mitton, John Deere

• Most Brokerage Model Portfolios Beat S&P 500: Survey

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Most of the top retail brokerage firms' model portfolios performed better than the S&P 500 in the first half of the year's volatile market, a survey showed on Thursday. While 13 of 14 of the participating retail brokerages had...

  Thu Aug 28, 2008 @ 8:30 AM PDT

  Tags: S&P 500, Portfolio, Survey, Raymond James, Financial Accounting, Finance, Chase General Corp., Regions Financial Corp.

• Jamba, Inc. F2Q08 (07/15/08) Earnings Call Transcript

  Jamba, Inc. JMBA F2Q08 Earnings Call

  Thu Aug 28, 2008 @ 8:06 AM PDT

  Tags: Call Transcript, Earnings, Jamba Inc., Seeking Alpha, Financial Accounting, Finance

• Diageo Cuts Growth Target as Earnings Rise

  By David Jones LONDON (Reuters UK) - Diageo DGE, the No.1 alcoholic drinks group, met forecasts on Thursday with an 11 percent rise in annual earnings but cut its profit-growth target due to an economic slowdown and rising input costs. The London-based maker of Johnnie Walker...

  Thu Aug 28, 2008 @ 7:45 AM PDT

  Tags: Pound, Diageo Plc., Earnings, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Oukbs

• ConocoPhillips Is Latest Oil Major to Exit Low-Margin Retail Gas Stations

  Money Morning submits: by Jennifer Yousfi ConocoPhillips COP is selling its remaining company-owned gas stations in the latest example of the changing face of the retail gas station business. by Money Morning

  Thu Aug 28, 2008 @ 4:18 AM PDT

  Tags: ConocoPhillips Co., Energy, BJ's Wholesale Club Inc., Kroger Co., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Exxon Mobil Corp.

• U.S. Consumers Could Feel Heat from Higher Fuel Costs

  FP Trading Desk submits: Higher home heating prices could be another deterrent to U.S. consumers shopping this holiday season. “As if retailers did not have enough to worry about, just as the holiday season rolls around, most consumers will find a new sticker shock in their heating bills,” Gary...

  Thu Aug 28, 2008 @ 2:08 AM PDT

  Tags: Retail, Bon-Ton Stores Inc., Cabelas Inc., Cheesecake Factory Inc., Dillard's Inc., Dick's Sporting Goods Inc., Family Dollar Stores Inc., Jones Apparel Group Inc., Kroger Co., Kohl's Corp., Nike Inc., Rite Aid Corp., Polo Ralph Lauren Corp., Sonic Corp., Safeway Inc., Under Armour Inc., Walgreen Co., Whole Foods Market, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

• Starbucks Top Brass to Receive No Raise Next Year

  NEW YORK (Reuters UK) - Top executives at Starbucks Corp SBUX including Chairman and Chief Executive Howard Schultz will not be getting raises anytime soon, after the coffee chain's first-ever quarterly loss as a public company. U.S. workers at the vice president level and higher will...

  Wed Aug 27, 2008 @ 6:45 PM PDT

  Tags: Starbucks Corp., Salary, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Human Resources, US

• Starbucks Top Brass to Receive No Raise Next Year

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top executives at Starbucks Corp SBUX including Chairman and Chief Executive Howard Schultz will not be getting raises anytime soon, after the coffee chain's first-ever quarterly loss as a public company. U.S. workers at the vice president level and...

  Wed Aug 27, 2008 @ 6:45 PM PDT

  Tags: Starbucks Corp., Salary, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Human Resources, US

• Top 5 Stock Picks for September

  Chris Fernandez submits: Things change quickly in the market. What looked attractive last month, now looks overvalued, or further due diligence has proven it to contain some warts. by Chris Fernandez

  Wed Aug 27, 2008 @ 10:53 AM PDT

  Tags: US Market, AAR Corp., AuthenTec, BJ's Restaurants Inc., CPI Aerostructures Inc., E-House China Holdings Ltd., GeoEye Inc., Zhongpin Inc., Pros Holdings Inc.

• Benihana Inc. F1Q09 (Qtr End 07/20/08) Earnings Call Transcript

  Benihana Inc. BNHN F1Q09 Earnings Call

  Wed Aug 27, 2008 @ 8:03 AM PDT

  Tags: Benihana Inc., Call Transcript, Earnings, Seeking Alpha, Financial Accounting, Finance

• Is a Coffee Price Breakout Imminent?

  Brett Owens submits: Coffee futures are not my favorite to trade. They're so volatile that it's tough to distinguish a true breakout from noise. Hopefully for me (I went long the Dec. contract Tuesday), this move has more legs than the head fake from June: by Brett Owens

  Wed Aug 27, 2008 @ 5:06 AM PDT

  Tags: Materials/Industrials, Caribou Coffee Inc., Diedrich Coffee Inc., Coffee Holding Co. Inc., Peet's Coffee and Tea Inc., Starbucks Corp.

• Sanderson Farm CEO Hinting at Future Pilgrim's Pride Bankruptcy?

  Stephen Rosenman submits: The chicken business is so bad that Joe Sanderson, CEO of Sanderson Farms SAFM, called on divine guidance during his company's recent conference call. Well that’s going to take a miracle and an angel or something looks to me. I mean if a boneless breast is...

  Wed Aug 27, 2008 @ 3:57 AM PDT

  Tags: Retail, Pilgrim's Pride Corp., Sanderson Farms Inc.

• Buffett Takes Berkshire Hathaway on $4 Billion Spending Spree

  Money Morning submits: By Jason Simpkins Not even Warren Buffett was immune to the stock market’s rampant first-half gyrations, as Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A) notched its worst first half in 18 years, with the shares skidding more than 16%. But only a fool would count out the...

  Wed Aug 27, 2008 @ 3:33 AM PDT

  Tags: Seeking Alpha, American Express Co., Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., Anheuser-Busch, Ingersoll-Rand, NRG Energy Inc., Norfolk Southern Corp., Sanofi-Aventis, Union Pacific Corp., Wells Fargo & Co.

• Raw Data Report: Mimi's Cafe, Luby's, Denny's

  TickerMine submits: Each day, Wall Street is flooded with stock research offering a multitude of conflicting investment opinions. As such, TickerMine is not in the business of providing more opinions. We believe that accurate raw data points can be used to gain insight in to the stock...

  Wed Aug 27, 2008 @ 2:39 AM PDT

  Tags: Retail, Bob Evans Farms Inc., Denny's Corp., Luby's Inc.

• Tricky Times for Darden Restaurants

  Trader Mark submits: I continue to be a bear on consumer discretionary - except for Kool Aid sales, which I'm extremely bullish on considering how much of it I see everywhere; at least on Wall Street. However, being a bear now is quite a bit trickier than it was last...

  Wed Aug 27, 2008 @ 2:27 AM PDT

  Tags: Retail, Darden Restaurants Inc.

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